Re: COPY syntax

Lee Kindness writes:

> Are you serious? You'd like to mess up the COPY syntax even further
> for a purely grammatical reason!

We already "messed up" the COPY syntax in this release to achieve better
user friendliness.  I do not think it's unreasonable to review this goal
from a variety of angles.

> A good few months ago I put formward an idea to change (well migrate
> really) to "COPY TABLE" rather than "COPY" - this would allow a well
> designed and thoughtout syntax for the new version while retaining old
> compatibility.

Well, I am the first to agree that the current syntax is not well
designed, but I must admit that I don't quite see what benefit simply
adding "TABLE" would have.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net